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If Walls Could Talk

October 20, 2018 at 7:00 pmConvocation Hall, University of Winnipeg

Get an inside look at Music and Architecture’s fascinating and complicated long-term relationship. Each fabulous on their own, and even better when they work together. They fight, they change, they pretend not to need each other. No matter what happens, though, they just keep on getting back together. Join Polycoro for a Talk + Concert led by John Wiens, Artistic Director and Alden Neufeld, Architect

Music’s incredible power to inspire has been used for both good and evil since prehistoric times. Polycoro’s final concert of the season explores the way music has been feared by and harnessed for political purposes over the last millennia. Featuring the Canadian Premiere of Aaron Gervais’ “Televised Address to the Nation on Civil Rights” for vocal ensemble and supercollider.

Modern Mass / May 15, 2018

Polycoro premieres Winnipeg's own Neil Weisensel's lush and lyrical new Mass along side beloved favourites from the modern repertoire by Richard Rodeny Bennett and Francis Poulenc. For centuries the Mass has been a recognized and revered sacred musical form. Hear how three modern composers beautifully interpret ancient ideas to reflect a changing world.

Path of Miracles / March 24, 2018

Polycoro became the canvas a collaboration with internationally-acclaimed filmmaker and projection designer Deco Dawson. Dawson's projections have been described as "jaw-dropping" by the New York Times, and the Toronto Star describes his work as "so compelling, you can't take your eyes off the stage."

Joby Talbot's Path of Miracles, for a cappella choir, is based on the most enduring route of Catholic pilgrimage - the great Camino Santiago (also known as the Way of St. James). The four movements of Path of Miracles are titled with the names of the four main staging posts of the Camino Frances: Roncesvalles, Burgos, Leon and Santiago. The Camino Frances is the central axis of a network of pilgrimage routes to Santiago.

Cluster Festival / March 1, 2018

The 2018 Cluster Festival opened with an evening of electrifying music for voices at Winnipeg’s historic FortWhyte Alive. Polycoro sang works by Canadian composers, including Cassandra Miller, David Foley, Stephanie Moore, Luke Nickel, and Chatori Shimizu. This concert also features electroacoustic works by Manuella Blackburn, Maksym Chupov-Ryabtsev, Michael Lukaszuk, Marie-Hélène Breault, and Martin Bédard, selected from Cluster's international call for submissions.

Through the Looking Glass / Jan 29, 2018

Polycoro proudly took the stage with Camerata Nova once again at the 2018 Winnipeg New Music Festival in an eclectic concert exploring identity, politics, and spirituality. The evening featured works by Philip Glass, Ted Hearne, Arvo Pärt, Academy Award nominee Jóhann Jóhannsson (Iceland), and Canadian composers Andrew Balfour, Vivian Fung, Jocelyn Morlock and T. Patrick Carrabré.